The efficient management of supply chain flows is dependent on building communication, collaboration, cooperation, and coordination among all involved entities. To develop a strategic partnership with the supplier, it is necessary to transform a basic supplier relationship into partnership. Partnership is as a relationship type that is characterized with shared interest, closeness, mutual trust and understanding, and co-prosperity. Nowadays, there are two types of purchasing approaches that determine the nature of relationship with 3PL providers, including transactional-oriented and relational-oriented perspectives where each has its distinct features and specific requirements for cooperation. The purpose of this study is to develop a decision-making framework for selection of 3PL provider based on relational-oriented approach. This study is organized as follows. First, an empirical literature research is done to discover studies related to procurement of 3PL services. Second, a decision-making framework for selection of 3PL provider is developed, including definition of elements of decision-making process. Third, a detailed description of each decision-making framework’s step is provided. As the result of the study, there are suggestions developed for conducting the procurement process and successful on-boarding of 3PL provider.